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Pre-Game Talk: 2019 NHL Draft, Pt. V: Got your ticket? (Mod note in pinned post)

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Jack Burton said:
Got a feeling that it's going to be Broberg or Krebs. If both available then it's Broberg.
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I really think they're hoping Zegras, Boldy, or Cozens fall. Otherwise they'll take Broberg or Krebs/Newhook. I have no clue what they'd do if Dach fell to them, but I very much doubt he does.

I'd be floored if we took Podkolzin or Caufield out of the oft named candidates.
 
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Lucbourdon said:
Broberg Has to be one of the most polarizing Prospects that I have seen in years.

It’s such a wide gap from people liking him or not liking him.

I have seen him as high as six, And as low as 33, crazy range.
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Reminds me of Virtanen in his draft year with the hype and concerns
 
TruGr1t said:
I really think they're hoping Zegras, Boldy, or Cozens fall. Otherwise they'll take Broberg or Krebs/Newhook. I have no clue what they'd do if Dach fell to them, but I very much doubt he does.

I'd be floored if we took Podkolzin or Caufield out of the oft named candidates.
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Pod is a fruitcake nut bar and I suspect he'll go somewhere between the 16 and 22nd pick. Caufield will probably go 12th to 16th.

Dach could fall to us depending if Broberg and Seider go to top 9.

I think it's going to be like last year, after the top picks are made then who knows
 
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I think there's a real chance that Anaheim goes with a defenseman and Soderstrom specifically. Their depth of young defenders went from a strength to a weakness after losing Theodore, Vatanen, Montour and Pettersson in recent years. They could stand to add another RHD behind Manson and Soderstrom makes sense for them. He arguably had a more impressive year than H. Lindholm, who they drafted 6th overall.

I'm not really buying the Broberg to Edmonton talk, but if both he and Soderstrom went before our pick we only improve our chances of landing a better forward.
 
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Horvat1C said:
I think there's a real chance that Anaheim goes with a defenseman and Soderstrom specifically. Their depth of young defenders went from a strength to a weakness after losing Theodore, Vatanen, Montour and Pettersson in recent years. They could stand to add another RHD behind Manson and Soderstrom makes sense for them. He arguably had a more impressive year than H. Lindholm, who they drafted 6th overall.

I'm not really buying the Broberg to Edmonton talk, but if both he and Soderstrom went before our pick we only improve our chances of landing a better forward.
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I'm seriously hoping scouts think Soderstrom is the next best best Dman behind Byram and it would be awesome if he was selected in the 6th to 9 selection.
 
TruGr1t said:
Some interesting commentary on the league-wide buzz here: https://thehockeywriters.com/2019-nhl-draft-projecting-first-round/

Top four is pretty set, it seems, but some interesting stuff in the 5-9 slots.

5. LA: At No. 5, it sounds like Los Angeles is debating between four forwards — WHLers Dach and Cozens as well as NTDPers Zegras and Caufield. My mock had Byram falling to the Kings, but the consensus doesn’t see that happening. So one of those four are most likely. I’d lean toward Zegras personally, if Byram is off the board, but the other three are tempting too for L.A.

6. Detroit: At No. 6, Detroit is the toughest team to predict this year. I’ve heard as many as seven different names associated with the Red Wings, with Zegras being the clear fan favourite — feeling he could form a dynamic duo with 2018 first-rounder Filip Zadina. Zegras to Zadina, that does have a nice ring to it. However, Dach, Cozens and even Krebs from the WHL have been mentioned, along with Podkolzin, Broberg and Seider from overseas. Seider is a long-shot, but Broberg could be the sleeper here.

7. At No. 7, Buffalo seems to be leaning towards one of those NTDP forwards — preferably Zegras or Boldy, but Caufield is in the mix there too. I had Broberg to Buffalo, joining Rasmus Dahlin to form a dominant defence corps, but that pick wasn’t well received. There was a strong push for a forward, with Cozens also mentioned a couple times. Zegras would be the top choice, but most expect him to be taken in the top six, with Boldy the fallback plan for Buffalo.
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I've read this article, but I cannot make out the author's sources? At 5, he says that he leans towards taking Zegras personally. He's his own source? At 6, he references the fans. And finally at 7, he's referring to BUF in general? As in, the entire staff? Hard to make out.

If Zegras gets taken at 7, then the draft should shake out as follows:

1. Hughes
2. Kakko
3. Turcotte
4. Dach
5. Byram
6. Podkolzin
7. Zegras
8. Broberg
9. Cozens
10. Newhook

Boldy, Caufield and Krebs remaining.
 
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Lucbourdon said:
Krebs imo is the better player
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I've said it from the start I'm not as high on Krebs as some here. And I think I am higher on Boldy than a lot. Wouldn't hate taking Krebs per say- but that's all defendant on who's left on the board. If Boldy is then to me that's a bad pick. If it's between Krebs/Caufield and Podz for example, I'd want Caufield but could be ok with a Krebs pick.
 
I’d definitely prefer Boldy - his size and skill level make him a higher upside pick IMO - but I wouldn’t hate taking Krebs over him, as there is a lot to like in his (different) skill set. Assuming both hit their peaks (big assumption) it’s likely the difference between Stone and ROR. Stone is the better player, but you can’t be too upset having ROR instead.
 
I'd be surprised if we passed on Boldy due to our comfort with the USNTDP, but our scouts would know the U.S. guys pretty well I'd think. Also interested in how we rank Krebs/Newhook/Broberg.

I expect the top 7 to go pretty much almost exactly like McKenzie's list, though.
 
So now that Bob has done is small who really pays attention list... I thought I should share mine.

1. Kakko
2. Hughes
3. Byram
4. Turcotte
5. Zegras
6. Boldy
7. Newhook
8. Dach
9. Caufield
10. Kaliyev
11. Krebs
12. Söderström
13. Cozens
14. Seider
15. Heinola
16. Harley
17. York
18. Knight
19. Suzuki
20. Broberg
 
CanaFan said:
I’d definitely prefer Boldy - his size and skill level make him a higher upside pick IMO - but I wouldn’t hate taking Krebs over him, as there is a lot to like in his (different) skill set. Assuming both hit their peaks (big assumption) it’s likely the difference between Stone and ROR. Stone is the better player, but you can’t be too upset having ROR instead.
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Mostly agree, and would 100% agree pre injury, but now I would be pretty mad at taking Krebs. I already dropped him a ton on my personal rankings and really may have dropped him more if I had a good grasp of how bad the injury is.
 
Tiering is way easier than putting a specific clear-cut order.

Would be thrilled with
Kaapo Kakko
Jack Hughes
Bowen Byram
Alex Turcotte
Kirby Dach
Trevor Zegras

Would be happy with
Ville Heinola
Matthew Boldy
Arthur Kaliyev
Cole Caufield
Alex Newhook

Would be alright with
Dylan Cozens
Vasily Podkolzin
Victor Soderstrom
Thomas Harley
Moritz Seider
Cam York

Would be upset with
Peyton Krebs
Spencer Knight
Philip Broberg
Raphael Lavoie
Ryan Suzuki

Hopeful Targets at 40
Patrik Puistola
Samuel Fagemo
Kaeden Korczak
Brett Leason
Egor Afanasayev

Hopeful Targets at 71
Yegor Spiridonov
Ron Attard
Marc Del Gaizo
Pavel Dorofeyev

Would really like to see the team just devote the entire late rounds to really productive overage prospects. Examples include Matej Blumel, Hugo Leufvenius, Jeremy McKenna and Justin Bergeron.
 
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racerjoe said:
Mostly agree, and would 100% agree pre injury, but now I would be pretty mad at taking Krebs. I already dropped him a ton on my personal rankings and really may have dropped him more if I had a good grasp of how bad the injury is.
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All opinions on this are fair but I don’t personally drop Krebs at all due to the injury. From what i’ve heard and read it is the “best” form of an achilles injury (partial not full, cut not tear) and will trust teams with access to medical records and opinions to sort that out. If it concerns them enough to pass on him, then fair enough, but by the same token if it doesn’t then I am fine with that too.
 
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What's Boldys time line looking like? 1 year of college hockey and he's ready or will he need a couple years?
 
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